Kevin Nolan returns

So Kevin Nolan is returning as first-team coach. For all his associations with Big Sam's direct football, he might well be a decent appointment and is the last West Ham captain to lift a trophy at the Play-Off Final in 2012. His pace had gone by the time he joined WHU but he was always a very effective skipper and certainly knew how to influence referees and get in the way of goalkeepers. Not exactly Academy football, but we need some professionalism at set-pieces. Nolan was also a very good finisher so he might be able to help with our strikers. And if anyone wants to learn how to do a clucking chicken dance to celebrate a goal then Kev's your man…